Bathtub head cushion



June 12, 1923.

D. SCHER BATHTUB HEAD CUSHION Original Fileddune 20 1921 3141) eutoz .Df? :15 SCHER Patented dune 12, 1923.

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DAVE SCHER, or Tacoma, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR or O E-HALF To JACK THIEL- MAN, or TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

BATHTUB HEAD CUSHION.

Application filed June 20, 1921, Serial No. 478,853. Renewed April '25, 1923. v

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVE SGHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Tacoma, county of Pierce, State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathtub Head Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to head rests, and more particularly to devices of that character adapted to be used in bath tubs or the like; the principal object of the invention being to provide a device of the above charac-ter of a durable and substantial construction, which can be removably applied to the edge of a tub in position to serve as a head rest, and which embodies a wire frame construction wherein a cushion or pad is removably supported.

Other objects of 'the'invention reside in the details of construction of the supporting frame whereby it is provided with a portion for engaging the bath tub edge, and with means for supportinga hingedly mounted portion for removably retaining the pad in functional position.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accom panying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a head cushion for bath tubs embodied by the present invention.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the frame of the device and cushion removed therefrom; showing the cushion holding part of the frame in open position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 41 is a sectional view of the end portion of a bath tub showing a cushion device applied thereto.

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate the same or like parts.

The supporting frame for the cushion comprises in part a continuous piece of heavy wire that is bent to form two spaced apart side, or leg portions, 1 and 2, which are of equal length and are provided at their upper ends with outwardly and downwardly turned portions forming supporting hooks 3 and 4; respectively, which are for the purpose of overlying the end of a bath tub '5, or the like, as is shown in Fig. 4, to support the frame Within the'tub in such posit-ion that aperson usingthe same may rest his head upon the cushion 6 that" is supported within the frame, as is present- 1y described.

The outerportions of the hooks 3 and 4 are joined by a connecting portion 7 which holds the upper ends of the legs 1 and 2 in rigid, spaced relation, and formed within the said legs, near theirupper ends, are paired loops 8 and 9 through which is extended a clamping frame wire 10 having end portions 11 and 12 looped about the loops 8 and 9 to 'add'rigidity to the frame and to prevent displacement of the wire.

The end portions 11 and 12 of the clamping frame, after forming the loops, are extended downwardly to serve with the legs 1 and 2 to retain the cushion 6 which is held between them. i

At their lower ends the legs 1 and 2 are provided with loops 16 and 17 adapted toreceive rearwardly turned hooks 19 and 20 formed at the lowerends of the leg mem bers 11 and 12. These latter leg members are connected at their lower ends by a cross member 21 which gives added rigidity to the structure.

The cushion 6 which Ihave provided, consists preferably of a piece of sponge rubber, provided with narrowed opposite side portions which are adapted to be clamped between the frame leg portions 1 and 2 and the members. 11 and 12, as shown in Fig. 1, to hold the cushion in proper position within the frame and it is prevented from being displaced by means of fingers 25 which are 8X- tended inwardly from the lower portions of overlying legs 1 and 2 and which are adapted to extend within apertures 26 in the 0pposite end portions of the cushion.

Thecushion may be so shaped that between its ends it will overlie the cross wire 7 and wire 21 so that it is better supported and the user is protected from these parts. Assuming that the device is so constructed, it willbe seen that upon opening apart the device, as is shown in Figure 2, the cushion 6 may be inserted in position for its opposite side edges to be clamped between the le s 1 and 2 and the legs 11 and 12, and when t e books at the lower ends of the latter leg members are placed within the loops formed this reason I do not wish to be limited only to a device as illustrated.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. A device ofthe class described, comprising a supporting frame having hooks at its upper edge whereby the frame can be suspended within atub from the edge thereof, a cushion removably applied to the frame and a holding frame for the cushion having hinged connection at its upper end with the,

supporting frame and comprising side bars ,that are foldable over the side edges of the cushion to cooperate with the supporting frame to clamp the cushion'in functional position; sa1d side bars having means at their vlower ends adapted to be lockingly engaged with the supporting frame.

2. A head cushion for bath tubs or the like, comprising a wire frame having spaced apart legs provided at their upper ends with outturned hook portions engageable with the edge of a tub to support the frame, loops formed at the lower ends thereof, a holding frame pivotally fixed to the said frame legs and having members extending along the latter with hooks formed thereon to engage within said loops'and a cushion applicable to the frame having opposite side edges adapted to be clamped between the frame legs and said holding frame members.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a frame formed from a wire bent to provide two spaced apart legs, said legs being bent rearwardly and downwardly at their upper ends to form supporting hooksfor the device and provided with paired loops near the hooked ends and with loops at their lower ends, and having inwardly projecting fingers fixed thereto between said loops, a clamping frame wire extended between the said frame legs and through the upper loops thereof, with its ends turned downwardly along the frame legs and provided with rearwvardly turned hooks at its lower ends that are applicable to the lower end loops of the frame legs, a cushion having ap'ertured ends adapted to be clamped between the frame legs and the hooked holding members and to receive the said fingers within the apertures for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 15th day of June, 1921.

DAVE SCHER. 

